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Researcher · Geoscience Australia · Australia

Scott Nichol

Scott Nichol publishes mostly in Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-6916-1174 OpenAlex
World rank
#937,167
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#30,754
of 140,210
Works
186
Citations
5.4k
Citations per work
29.2
h-index
38
i10-index 99Top 6% in Ecology
Scott Nichol

What does Scott Nichol research?

Scott Nichol's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (38%), Environmental Science (23%), Social Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 114 works · 61.4% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 71 works · 38.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 25 works · 13.3% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 23 works · 12.5% of their workOceanography: 23 works · 12.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 43 works · 23.3% of their workEcology: 29 works · 15.8% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 works · 7.5% of their workEverything else: 58 works · 31.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 14 works · 7.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 14 works · 7.3% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 14 works · 7.3% of their workTHEIR WORKScott Nichol186works
Physical Sciences61%Social Sciences7%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7138.1%
    2. Environmental Science4323.3%
  2. Everything else5831.3%
    1. Social Sciences147.3%
  1. 1Ecology16% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science13% of their works
  3. 3Earth-Surface Processes12% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography12% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change8% of their works
  6. 6Geography, Planning and Development7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Scott Nichol's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology, Fluvial Systems, Sedimentation, Pacific Islands, settlement and Coral Reefs.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change1283 topics
  2. Glacial Cycles651 topic
  3. Paleoclimatology651 topic
  4. Fluvial Systems391 topic
  5. Sedimentation391 topic
  6. Pacific Islands331 topic
  7. settlement331 topic
  8. Coral Reefs321 topic
  9. Marine Ecosystems321 topic
  10. Ecosystem Management311 topic
  11. Marine Fisheries311 topic
  12. Acoustic Techniques211 topic
  13. Seafloor Mapping211 topic
  14. Earthquakes201 topic
  15. Subduction201 topic
  16. Ecosystem Functioning191 topic
  17. Marine Biodiversity191 topic

Where does Scott Nichol work?

Scott Nichol's main affiliation in the publication record is Geoscience Australia, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Scott Nichol have?

OpenAlex counts 186 works and 5,426 citations for Scott Nichol, an h-index of 38, ranking #937,167 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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